Fri, Dec 1, 2006, 12:00am
In light of University President Lee Bollinger's stated goal of making Columbia a global university, the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons has introduced an internship program based in Bangkok, Thailand-the first in the school's history.
Fri, Dec 1, 2006, 12:00am
"A man shall not lie with another male as he lies with a woman, for it is an abomination" (Leviticus 18:22). Though its meaning is ambiguous, this verse in the Bible serves as the current justification for traditional Judaism's denunciation of homosexuality.
Fri, Dec 1, 2006, 12:00am
If we want to get serious about creating school spirit at Columbia, we'll stop wasting time on expansion and hosting foreign luminaries and start creating a rivalry with another school. All great heroes need a villain.
Fri, Dec 1, 2006, 12:00am
As with most New Yorkers these days, I'm on edge, ready to jump at someone's throat: cabbies with a horn habit, straphangers who stand in the very doorway through which half of lower Manhattan has selected to enter, etc.
Fri, Dec 1, 2006, 12:00am
We in the United States are not alone in dealing with problems stemming from immigration. France and other Western European nations, including Britain, Italy, and the Netherlands, are also attempting to figure out how to bring immigrants into their societies.
Fri, Dec 1, 2006, 12:00am
In 1999, the French legislature passed a law mandating that political parties endorse an equal number of male and female candidates in municipal, legislative, and European elections (with the exception of towns with fewer than 3,500 people) or risk financial penalty.
Fri, Dec 1, 2006, 12:00am
This semester, Columbia finally broke its losing streak. For the first time in half a decade, a Columbia student has won a Marshall scholarship-a highly competitive and prestigious award given by the British government for graduate study in Great Britain.
Fri, Dec 1, 2006, 12:00am
Barnard is ready for its upgrade. After years of planning, a new student center called the Nexus will be built on the site of the aging McIntosh Center.
Fri, Dec 1, 2006, 12:00am
By most accounts, Penn's first game of the season, a 69-66 loss to the University of Texas, El Paso, was not a particularly memorable contest. And for Penn and the rest of the Ivy League, the result was not particularly important.
Fri, Dec 1, 2006, 12:00am
After a string of impressive wins by the Light Blue after the season-opening loss to Duke, men's basketball looks to snap a recent two-game losing streak this Saturday when they take on the Sacred Heart Pioneers.
